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[ad_1] The loan-to-value restrictions will be restored next year, as both the Reserve Bank and the government blame who should do more to curb the rise in house prices. The Reserve Bank (RBNZ) made the announcement on loan-to-value restrictions (LVR) in its Financial Stability Report (FSR) on Wednesday morning. In …

[ad_1] People who visited six Auckland stores are being asked to watch for Covid-19 symptoms or get tested. It comes after health authorities said several locations were visited by an Air New Zealand crew member who was under investigation for the virus. On Monday, Air New Zealand said the staff …

[ad_1] A Resene paint shop in Auckland will be closed for the next few days after a person suspected of having Covid-19 visited the facility. Your playlist will load after this announcement. The person will return home to New Zealand today via cargo-only flight to avoid contact with other people. …

[ad_1] Marco Brenna (left) and Mike Palin from the University of Otago geology department with a map showing Dunedin’s ancient volcanic past. Photo / ODT A team of Dunedin scientists wants to drill two 500m deep exploration wells in the 11 million year old Dunedin volcano in search of crucial …

[ad_1] The word ‘racist’ appears on the old Public Trust Office building on Market Pl, Whanganui, during the 1995 occupation / recovery of Pakaitore. Photo / Laurel Stowell By Te Aniwa Hurihanganui, RNZ OPINION: I shouldn’t have been checking my work emails. It was Saturday night and I was in …

[ad_1] People who visited an Auckland pet store on Saturday afternoon were asked to get tested for Covid-19, as it was announced today that an Air New Zealand crew member who later tested positive for the test visited the store. Cheer on Manukau. Source: Google Maps Yesterday, Air New Zealand …

[ad_1] The government has admitted that high house prices are increasing inequality and poverty, and the finance minister wants the Reserve Bank to do something about it. Justin Giovannetti writes from Parliament. There has been an invisible wall in the center of Bowen Street in Wellington for a generation. On …

[ad_1] Manawa, the jeweled gecko that made headlines after it was smuggled from New Zealand to Germany and returned to Otago years later, has had to be euthanized. The Otago Museum and Te Rūnanga or Ōtākou announced that the gecko was euthanized after it failed to be revived during treatments …

[ad_1] Ministers David Parker and Chris Hipkins are late for the official photo of the Labor caucus in Parliament. Photo / Mark Mitchell Children who ate their packed lunches on a school trip to Parliament found that Labor MPs did a good job with their class photo. “Everybody is smiling …

[ad_1] Kane Fleury Museum / Otago Manawa, the Otago moko kākāriki (jeweled gecko) museum has died. A jeweled gecko repatriated from Germany after an exotic pet smuggling operation was arrested has died. Named Manawa, the moko kākāriki (jeweled gecko) has been on display at the Otago Museum in recent years, …